If you’ve noticed a bug on your clothes, in your hair, in your kid’s hair, or on your pet, there’s no need to panic, as it might not be a louse. Many insects have a lice-like appearance and are often ...

Feathered dinosaurs, including early birds, may have dealt with pests similar to lice around 100 million years ago. A newfound ancient insect species, dubbed Mesophthirus engeli, was found preserved ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Head lice often are the bane of schoolchildren, but it's another variety of the insect - body lice - that carries some of the most infamous and deadly diseases that have plagued ...

The results of the sequencing and analysis of the human body louse genome, which were published on June 21 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), offer new insights into the ...

In the November issue of the journal Insect Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Purdue and Harvard university researchers report finding lice genes that control the breakdown of their human blood meal ...

Feathered dinosaurs were annoyed by tiny pests that are still familiar to many schoolchildren -- and their horrified parents -- today: lice. Scientists discovered previously unknown tiny insects ...

Head lice and ringworm are two ‘bugs’ that are common among children, but only one is actually caused by an insect. Head lice can’t jump or fly, but they have a reputation far larger than their ...

Darling, it’s better under the sea, unless you’re an insect. You might find some bugs skimming the surface of a pond or even creating their own scuba bubble to dive beneath the surface of inland lakes ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Research aimed at understanding how lice feed off humans may lead to new methods to control the blood-sucking pest that can transmit fatal diseases. In the November issue of the ...